Battle Over Foreign-Aid Spending Heats Up

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration and Congress are headed for a clash over how to spend U.S. aid for the developing world.

President Bush's decision to consolidate billions of dollars in foreign-aid programs under the State Department puts him at odds with Congress's age-old prerogative of earmarking foreign-aid funds for favorite issues, such as immunizing children or encouraging sexual abstinence for AIDS control.